Three things I really hope they do:<p>1) Come out with a phone case that can hold the AirPods, and ideally charge them (Maybe enhance the battery case they already have?). I don't want yet another thing in my pocket, especially one I also have to remember to charge. Let me charge my phone, which can then charge my airpods. Let me always have my airpods on me by attaching them to my phone.<p>2) Make a "Find my Airpods" feature that plays a really loud ass beep out of the headphones when they inevitably fall out of my ears/hands/pocket/bag/everywhere<p>3) Enable more tap commands than just Siri. Siri sucks so much. And I don't want to be on an airplane loudly repeating "Turn up the volume"
I hate wires with a passion and love the concept of wireless headphones. But these look like they are shaped just like the wired apple earpods, which fall out of my ears with the slightest movement or breeze. So now I'll also immediately lose them as they fall out on the street.
One word missing from this product page is "Bluetooth".<p>Do these use a proprietary wireless protocol that is only compatible with the iPhone?
So they just deprecated hundreds of perfectly viable audio accessories which have better sound quality than their proprietary premium product just so you are dependent on yet another Apple product? Maximum vendor lock-in. And please don't say "everyone can make a Bluetooth speaker". They will probably come up with some artificial license which makes it "iPhone certified" so that even there they can squeeze some cold cash.<p>It really bothers me how Apple is so obsessed with making ridiculous amounts of money and the tricks they pull to make it work. And somehow, it works!
I've had these earbuds for a month now, not sure why they haven't gotten more love so far: <a href="http://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/gear-iconx/" rel="nofollow">http://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/gear-iconx/</a><p>They are pretty much perfect, if only their battery life wasn't so horrendous.
My problem with wireless headphones has always been two things:<p>1) Quality of sound. I can often hear artifacts from low bit-rate encoding.<p>2) Latency. Don't expect to use them in combination with a game or musical instrument attached to a computer.<p>Any word on if either of these problems have been solved?
They solved hard problems in need of solutions. Kudos to the team designing this!<p>My problems with earbuds is they fall out, some quicker then others. But they will fall out, making me stress about it and as a result giving me a substandard experience.<p>I hope improved future versions will give the ability to order personalized earbuds based on a 3d-ear measurement.<p>Until that time, I'll keep using the Bose QuietComfort 25.
I think these look amazing. I've always wanted a pair of tiny bluetooth headphones + mic that don't suck. I am sure that Apple will live up to its quality expectation... if they do, I won't be sad that the stereo-minijack is gone.
Although these have some nice ideas in them, I had the old disappointing Jobs-era Apple bluetooth earbud so I am not going to rush out and try them. Also, they don't seem to work with Apple TV which is a shame.<p>Also: right and left are distinguished by printing on the device. Why wouldn't they put a flat part or a little bump so you could tell the two apart by feel before trying to get them to stay in your ear?
Having them chargeable over the phone's lightning port (like the iPad stylus) seems like such an obvious option. No silly carry case required. I wonder if they looked into this.
Looking at the last slide "Automatic setup. Seamless switching."<p>What exactly is the W1? Can it work with an older MacBook, or would you need a not-yet-announced MacBook?
Hell no.<p>I think this has done it folks. After almost 10 years of iOS devices it's time to move on. Vote with your wallets and reject this garbage.